Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on November 23, 2012

12 days of christmas cookies

Now that Thanksgiving is over, I’ve already mentally moved on to full Christmas mode! I normally don’t start putting up holiday decorations until December 1st, but this year I am starting early. I wanted to share K’s 12 days of Christmas cookies from last year if you are looking for some holiday cookie recipe inspiration. K is going to do another 12 Christmas cookie posts this year, but I am going to share the load with her this year (that’s a lot of cookies to make!)

12 Days of Christmas Cookies 2011

We’ll be starting our 12 days of Christmas cookies for 2012 soon! I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. I’m off to enjoy my leftover turkey sandwich now!

What type of cookies do you like to bake in the holiday season? Do you tend to always make the same kind or do you try different cookie recipes each year?

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Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on October 15, 2012

With the holidays approaching, I know my Kitchen Aid Mixer is about to get a huge workout. K and I wanted to show how much we appreciate all our readers so we have decided to participate in the Ultimate Kitchen Aid Mixer Giveaway! What color will you pick? The empire red seen in the photo below? Silver metallic (my personal favorite)? Or perhaps a throwback shade like pistachio? Whatever color you decide on, the Kitchen Aid Mixer would be all yours right before Thanksgiving! There is a chance to enter daily between now and November 14th.

Welcome to the Ultimate Kitchen Aid Mixer giveaway event! Why ultimate? Keep reading!

I have teamed up with Musings From a Stay At Home Mom, Fabulous Finds by Tiffany, Only A Breath, Worthy of the Prize, The Mama Report, and Triple Braided along with more fabulous bloggers to sponsor this great prize!

The Prize:
One lucky winner will receive their choice of color/style Kitchen Aid Artisan 5 Quart Stand Mixer with a value of up to $350 from Amazon!

Entry:
Enter below with the Rafflecopter form. You can come back everyday for the daily tweet option – that gives you a lot of extra entries!

Rules:
This giveaway ends on November 14, 2012 at 11:59 EST
The winner will be picked randomly and will have 48 hours to respond by email before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is chosen.
Open to the US and Canada*
*If the winner is Canadian, they will be given a $350 Amazon.ca gift card to be used toward the purchase of the mixer.

Good luck!

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Disclaimer: This giveaway is in no way associated with Amazon or KitchenAid.

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Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on July 21, 2012

I know Christmas is not probably on your mind this week, but stop on over to Happy Hour Projects to check out my holiday baking guest post. I feature some of the recipes from K’s 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, and I highlight some additional fun holiday baking ideas from four other bloggers. I also discuss a few Christmas ideas that would be helpful to start now and do a little each month leading up to December. Also be sure to check out Adrianne’s huge Christmas in July giveaway that she is hosting at Happy Hour Projects right now.

Do you have any holiday traditions that you start working on months before most people even start thinking about Christmas?